TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Emergency Bedside Ultrasound A1 - Dawson, Matt A1 - Russell, Patrick A2 - Stone, C. Keith A2 - Humphries, Roger L. A2 - Drigalla, Dorian A2 - Stephan, Maria PY - 2014 T2 - CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment: Pediatric Emergency Medicine AB - Bedside ultrasound has revolutionized the practice of emergency medicine. It has allowed physicians to diagnose and treat patients more efficiently and safely. One of the main benefits of ultrasound is that it does not expose the patient to ionizing radiation. This is especially important for pediatric patients, who are the most vulnerable individuals to radiation risk. The number of computed tomography (CT) scans in the United States has increased from 2 million in 1980 to 72 million in 2007. This is despite the fact that radiation from two to three abdominal scans gives the same amount of radiation exposure that survivors of the Hiroshima nuclear bombing received, and 1–2% of all cancers in the United States may be attributable to the radiation from CT examinations. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1106018548 ER -